- Associated Press - Sunday, January 4, 2026

Interim Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez invited U.S. President Donald Trump “to collaborate” and said she seeks “respectful relations” in a newly conciliatory message released Sunday night.

After delivering speeches projecting fierce defiance to the Trump administration this weekend, Rodriguez’s statement in English on her Instagram account marked a dramatic shift in tone.

“We invite the US government to collaborate with us on an agenda of cooperation oriented towards shared development within the framework of international law to strengthen lasting community coexistence,” she wrote.



Her message comes shortly after Trump threatened that she could “pay a very big price” if she didn’t fall in line with U.S. demands.

 

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